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Originally Posted by Cincy10SSRS
markmass, I've bugged you about the vents install before so sorry to again... I'm on the verge of doing mine, possibly in the next few days. When cutting and/or securing with the S-brackets did you ever feel like you had or were about to dent/dimple the hood? I've heard tell of a few people who had done their own installs ending up with slight dimples/dents at corner or two, which would be not good. Thanks.  |
The aluminum is pretty flexible, so it may look like it will dent,mine did not. Just be real careful with the drills, and make sure the last size you use will let the blade fit comfortably. A few times my jigsaw was running but didn't actually cut anything, perhaps just my tool. You will run over a couple of struts, and my get snarled, but let the jigsaw do the work press down lightly and have a brand new fine, aluminum cutting blade - in fact get a couple of good quality ones. In fact, in hindsight, you could cut the struts away before tackling the hood itself, just a thought...
Make the radius around the corners fairly large to easily go from one edge to the other. Once you have the hole you just need to go back and create the proper corners.
Good luck with it
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